MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Monday, January 24, 2022 to Monday, January 31, 2022

Thursday, February 3, 2022

(Washington, D.C.) – Every day, the Metropolitan Police Department works to investigate and recover illegal firearms in Washington D.C. through intelligence-based policing to identify, interdict, and interrupt armed violent offenders within the District. In addition to our patrol officers, members from several of MPD’s specialized units work tirelessly to safely and respectfully secure illegal firearms and get them off our streets. From Monday, January 24, 2022, through Monday, January 31, 2022, MPD detectives and officers recovered 65 firearms in the District of Columbia. 

Note: This is not a comprehensive list of all guns recovered in the District of Columbia.

 Among the firearms recovered were:

Monday, January 24, 2022

  • A Desert Eagle .177mm caliber BB gun was recovered in the 600 block of Mississippi Avenue, Southeast. CCN: 22-010-614

  • A Weatherby 12 gauge shotgun was recovered in the 4100 block of First Street, Southeast. CCN: 22-010-696

  • A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 1800 block of Lang Street, Northeast. CCN: 22-010-923

  • A Springfield Armory XD 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 2200 block of Savannah Terrace, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 16-year-old male juvenile, of Temple Hills, MD, and for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Receiving Stolen Property, Unlawful Entry, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-010-952

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

  • A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 1700 block of East Capitol Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 17-year-old male juvenile, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-011-379

  • A 9mm caliber “Ghost Gun” handgun was recovered in the 800 block of Barnaby Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 22-year-old Labrons Elwood Butler, of Clinton, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, National Firearms Act, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-011-387

  • A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun and a Glock 19 Gen 4 9mm caliber handgun were recovered in the 1500 block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 21-year-old Carlos Emerson, of Woodbridge, VA, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-011-401

  • A Smith & Wesson MP9 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 1300 Randolph Street, Northwest. CCN: 22-011-410

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